Demigod Won't Launch [screenshot]

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warning: <LOC Engine??}User account does not have permission to run the game.
warning: stack traceback:
warning:         ...games\demigod\dgdata.zip\lua\system\localization.lua(107): in function `LOC'

any ideas? fresh install and can't get the game to run.

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

try running the game with admin. privileges; even if you're using an admin. account it sometimes needs to have that extra reassurance (on that note, it's probably some crazy security policy that's been added to your computer).

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

I am on an admin account and UAC is disabled, I have tried "Run as admin" anyway and it doesn't work.

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Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Check the file permissions on that specific file and make sure you have access to read/modify it.  Also check and make sure you don't have any security applications preventing access to the file and locking it, which could cause this error.

Reply #5 from Demigod Forums Top

Shirley has a point; there may be a file/folder that has had it's permissions changed so that the admin. group is barred from access.

it's kind of a moot point for an admin. as he (or she) still has the right to grant access to it.

 

you probably could right-click the root Demigod folder and tell it to force some nice rules on all subfiles and folders; as long as the new permissions will allow you and the program access then overwriting the existing permissions shouldn't do any harm.

Reply #6 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting BulletMagnet, reply 5
Shirley has a point; there may be a file/folder that has had it's permissions changed so that the admin. group is barred from access.

it's kind of a moot point for an admin. as he (or she) still has the right to grant access to it.

 

you probably could right-click the root Demigod folder and tell it to force some nice rules on all subfiles and folders; as long as the new permissions will allow you and the program access then overwriting the existing permissions shouldn't do any harm.
End of BulletMagnet's quote

 

I thought of all this already and tried it, i've also got no programs like antivirus that could be causing a problem like this.

 

I noticed after reinstalling the game it says : Vista users run the game from vista "game explorer" but I don't have this thing? could that be the problem? the game won't even run from the CD-autorun menu..